Formats

The format is recognised from the file itself, not only from its extension. Open one file or many at once; each becomes a line.

Read

Format	Extension	What is in it	What can be done	SV re-tracing
PDS FAU	.fau	Reduced soundings from PDS (Teledyne)	Cleaning, levelling and every correction except SV re-tracing	—
QPS FAU	.fau	Reduced soundings exported by QINSy or Qimera	The same	—
QPS QPD	.qpd	QINSy processed data: every ping with its beams	The same; the Patch Test reads it	—
PDS log	.pds	PDS acquisition log: pings, attitude, travel times, launch angles	Everything, including sound-velocity re-tracing	yes
QINSy raw database	.db	What QINSy logged, with the vessel setup	Everything, including sound-velocity re-tracing	yes
EIVA SBD	.sbd	EIVA NaviPac / NaviScan logged data: pings, attitude, quality	Cleaning, levelling and every correction except SV re-tracing; converter source and target	—
Kongsberg KMALL	.kmall	Kongsberg EM multibeam records: pings, attitude, quality, intensity	Cleaning, levelling and every correction except SV re-tracing; converter source	—
XTF	.xtf	Raw multibeam records	Everything, including sound-velocity re-tracing	yes
LAS / LAZ	.las .laz	Point clouds, LAS 1.2–1.4	Cleaning and levelling	—
Text	.xyz .csv .txt	Easting, northing, depth columns	Cleaning and levelling	—

Export

Format	Extension	Writes
QPS FAU	.fau	Soundings at full density
XYZ / CSV / TXT	.xyz .csv .txt	Soundings at full density
LAS 1.4	.las	Soundings at full density
GeoTIFF	.tif	Gridded surface
BAG	.bag	Gridded surface

Database converter

A licence option. The template is put into the line's grid and given the line's sound velocity profile; converted lines were checked in Qimera to a millimetre.

PDS2000 .pdsQINSy .db
QINSy .dbPDS2000 .pds
EIVA .sbdQINSy .db
EIVA .sbdPDS2000 .pds
Kongsberg .kmallQINSy .db
Kongsberg .kmallPDS2000 .pds
any of theseEIVA .sbd (on a calibrated template)

Not read

Side-scan mosaics, sub-bottom profiler data and magnetometry are outside the programme's scope.